Andi Liebenbaum with the Marin Conservation Corps talks about Project Regeneration, a program with long-term implications for the youth they serve.
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Audio Program for week of 7/3/06
"SUMMER SERVICE DAYS" (~90 seconds)
Andi Liebenbaum with the Marin Conservation Corps talks about their upcoming Summer Service Days created to encourage volunteerism and environmental stewardship.
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John Takekawa from the U.S. Geological Survey shows how waterfowl are experts at finding healthy wetlands.
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"AVIAN FLU" (~90 seconds)
John Takekawa from the U.S. Geological Survey offers a perspective on this bird disease.
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Audio Programs for weeks of 5/22 and 5/29/06
"NAPA-SONOMA MARSHES" (~90 seconds)
Greg Green with Ducks Unlimited discusses the ecological benefits from the current restoration of these wetland habitats.
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"WHAT IS A WETLAND?" (~90 seconds)
John Takekawa from the U.S. Geological Survey takes us beyond the dictionary definition of wetlands.
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Audio Programs for weeks of 5/8 and 5/15/06
"CLOSING MILITARY BASES " (~90 seconds)
Jessica Hamburger with the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District talks about the value of public participation in military base closures as it relates to local watersheds.
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"HABITAT FOR HUMANS" (~90 seconds)
Whitney Dotson with the North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance works to address the issue of access to open space for all people.
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Audio Programs for weeks of 4/24 and 5/1/06
"SOUTH BAY SALT POND RESTORATION PROJECT" (~90 seconds)
Steve Ritchie talks about the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the west coast of the United States.
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"RESTORING THE LUNGS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY" (~90 seconds)
Steve Ritchie with the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project describes why the former salt ponds in San Francisco Bay are being restored to their natural state.
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Audio Programs for weeks of 4/10 and 4/17/06
"WILDLIFE CORRIDORS" (~90 seconds)
Eileen McLaughlin with Wildlife Stewards talks about the importance of linking different habitats together with wetland restoration design for the benefit of wildlife.
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"VOLUNTEERS AND THE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM" (~90 seconds)
Eileen McLaughlin with Wildlife Stewards on the importance of volunteers to the success of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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Audio Programs for weeks of 3/27 and 4/3/06
"HISTORY OF WETLANDS" (~90 seconds)
Christy Smith with the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge explains why now is the time to acquire diked and levied wetlands and restore them back to their natural state.
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"BENEFITS OF RESTORING WETLANDS " (~90 seconds)
Marge Kolar with the US Fish & Wildlife Service and Ellie Cohen with PRBO Conservation Science talk about the many efforts under way to restore the Nation's historic wetlands and the reasons for doing so.
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Audio Programs from weeks of 3/6 and 3/13/06
"HABITAT JOINT VENTURES" (~90 seconds)
Beth Hunning, coordinator of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture, talks about these public-private partnerships and their role in protecting waterfowl, wetlands, riparian habitats and migratory birds.
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"SAN FRANCISCO BAY JOINT VENTURE" (~90 seconds)
More from Beth Hunning about the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture's mission of preserving and restoring wetland habitats in the San Francisco Bay Region. (To save audio file to your computer, right click on this link and select "save target as" or "save link as")
Audio Programs from weeks of 2/27 and 3/3/06
"VOLUNTEERS AND WETLANDS RESTORATION" (~90 seconds)
Jerry Kay introduces Susan Schwartz, president of Friends of Five Creeks, who talks about volunteering on wetlands restoration projects.
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"WEEDING CAN BE FUN" (~90 seconds)
Susan Schwartz, president of Friends of Five Creeks, talks more about volunteering on wetlands restoration which she describes as weaving green threads into the urban fabric.
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